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VOL. 60, No. 67
Plane. Disintegrates
Over N. Carolina;
34 Persons Killed
BOLOVIA, N.C. (AP) A four-engine National Airlines
plane with 34 persons aboard apparently disintegrated in
flight near here early yesterday, raining bodies and debris
over a 20-acre area of blackness and mud.
Searchers found no survivors.
The plane carried 29 passengers and five crew members
AKPsi Will
Petition For
New Status
Alpha Kappa Psi, profes
sional business fraternity, will
soon move 20 of its members
Into the former Theta Kappa
Phi fraternity house, thus be
coming a social-professional
fraternity similar to Alpha
Zeta.
William Graham, president of
Alpha Kappa Psi, said last night
that the move will be on a trial"
basis and the fraternity living
quarters will be rented similar to
a rooming house until its new,
status has been defined.
"Although our status has not
yet been ascertained by the sen
ate subcommittee on Student Ac
tivities, we have petitioned for
special social-professional status
not under jurisdiction of the Inter
fraternity Council or Town Inde
pendent Men," Graham said.
Alpha Kappa Psi is a profes
sional fraternity for undergrad
uates in business, commerce and
economics. It has 73 members.
The fraternity sponsors profes
sional programs including speak
ers, interviews with visiting busi
ness personalities and conferences.
The fraternity is currently dis
tributing questionnaires to top
national executives to determine
what qualities they expect in col
lege graduates and junior execu
tives. The results of the survey
will be made available to the
various colleges at the University
and the commonwealth campuses.
Mook Writes Article
Dr. Maurice A, Mook, professor
of anthropology, is author of an
article, "Quaker Knowledge of
Quaker Folklore," published in a
recent issue of the Keystone Folk
lore Quarterly, a publication of
The Pennsylvania Folklore So
ciety.
Phys-Ed Grading to Be Discussed
A proposal to akolish assign
ing grade points to credits in
physical education courses
may be considered by the Uni
versity Senate at its meeting
at 4:15 p.m. in 121 Sparks
today.
The proposal was made in the
form of an amendment to part
of a report made by the Senate
Committee on Ac demic Stand
ards Nov. 5.
The section ask , d that credit
be given for the .1 ysical educa
tion courses, Dr. Ri hard G. Ston
er, chairman of the Committee on
Admissions, prop ..ed that the
recommendation b • changed by
adding "but grad. points shall
not be assigned:
Stoner said .th • Ihe grads a
STATE COLLEGE, PA., THURSDAY MORNING. JANUARY 7. 1960
Thirty bodies had been recov
ered late yesterday.
Most of the passengers were
Northerners bound for Florida va
cations.
John L. Morris, a National Air
lines vice president at the scene,
said:
"The plane which went down
southwest of Wilmington ap
parently disintegrated in the
air • from an unknown cause.
The plane was in good order
and was in the hands of a vet
eran crew. There was nothing
from the pilot prior to the
crash that would indicate any
malfunction."
Reporters who hurried to the
woods and fields where parts of
the massive night coach tumbled
out of the murky skies about 2:45
a.m. said there appeared to have
been an explosion in flight.
The passenger list included re
tired Navy Vice Adm. Edward
Orrick McDonnell, holder of the
Cong , Tssional Medal of Honor and
other decorations. He commanded
aircraft carriers in the Pacific in
World War 11.
The big plane was one of two
substitute flights. Passengers orig
inally had been booked on a jet
flight which was canceled because
of a broken windshield. The oth
er substitute flight reached Mi
ami without incident.
Several of the dead passen
gers were harnessed in Mae
West life jackets—some of the
jackets inflated. Bent against a
pine tree was an orange, 25-
person capacity life raft, fully
inflated. Such rafts inflate auto
matically when released.
At least three dead men were
found strapped in their seats.
These seats had been ripped from
the plane and were scattered
about the piney "woods.
Vonada Receives Patent
For Gem Stone Machine
Philip A. Vonada, machinist at
the Ordnance Research Labora
tory, has been awarded a United
States patent for a multi-purpose
machine to simplify the manufac
ture of gem stones.
The multi-purpose machine
combines as many as five pieces
of equipment into one device
about the size of a sewing ma
chine. Vonada completed the first
working model in 1956.
student received in shysical
education should not have any
bearing on his academic grade
point average.
Students should• be given pass
or fail marks for these courses,
he said.
However, several members
questioned the effect of this
change on the status of these
courses feeling that students
would not take the courses ser
iously.
The proposal was referred back
to the standards committee for
further study.
In other business, the Senate
is expected to consider a plan
to give Senate membership to
the directors of the common
wealth campuses, amending Ar
ticle I, Section' I of the. Consti
tution.
The committee on rules aske i
FOR A BETTER PENN STATE
Auto Rule Change
Unlikely Diem
The spring semester will see virtually no changes in student traffic regulations, Albert
E. Diem, vice president for business administration, said yesterday.
Diem will attend the SGA Assembly meeting at 7:30 tonight in 203 Hetzel Union to
answer any question ass • yl• • uu *g• • , - • i : •.
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TIME EXPOSURE IN ABSTRACT—by Donati is viewed during
the last day of the recent HUB art exhibit. A new exhibit will
start today.
Weather Continues
Cloudy and Cold
Mostly cloudy skies and rather
cold temperatures will continue
today, tonight and tomorrow with
a few light snow flurries expecte'd
tonight.
The storm system that threat
ened to bring a little light snow
to the Nittany
Vall e y passed
out to sea fur
ther south than
had been antici
pated. The snow
did spread .as far
north as Phila
delphia yester
day morning.
This storm
dumped from 6
to 12 inches of
snow over a wide portion of the
Southeastern states.
Temperatures will climb to the
40 degree mark this afternoon
and then fall to a low of 26 to
night. Tomorrow's high should
be near 42 degrees.
that this amendment be made at
the Dec. 3 meeting.
In giving the committee report;
Chairman John M. AndersOn said
including the directors in the
Senate would provide a better
communication link between the
University and the Campuses.
However, Dr. Joseph Jordan,
associate professor of Chemis
frr objected to the proposal be
: cause it would upset the bal
ance between faculty members
and administrative members in
the Senate.
The Senate now has 120 elected
' faculty members and 134 adminis-.
trative members, Jordeen said,
and the addition of the directors
would bring the number of ad
ministrative members to 150.
Then, he said the number of
elected faculty members would
have to be increased from 12 to
15 in order to maintain a balance
bringing the total number to 300.
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MIMI
By CAROL BLAKESLEE
'Panhel to Hold Buffet
To Honor President
Panhellenic Council will hold a
buffet Sunday afternoon in honor
of the graduating pres;dent, Carol
Dominick Koans.
All sorority presidents, Panhel
officers and members of the Dean
of Women's staff have been in
vited to the buffet to be held in
the combined Sigma Sigma Sigma
and Alpha Chi Omega suites in
Hibbs Hall.
Sue Chapman, graduating Pan
hel Rush Chairman, will also be
presented with a gift at the buf
fet.
Chapman Publishes Review
Dr. Hugh B. Chapman, associate
professor of Romance languages,
published in the December issue
of the French Review a book re
view of Renee Riese Hubert's "Le
Berceau d'Eve,"
SGA to
Nittany
A long and detailed list of recommendations fo improve
living.conditions in the Nittany area will be presented to the
SGA Assembly tonight.
The Nittany Area Investigation Committee has drawn up
24 recommendations to alley
voiced by students living in the
area. he lists contains suggestions
for improvements and some ap
proximate costs.
Harold S6ott, chairman of the
committee, said the committee
will continue to work in pursuit
of 'its goals, and will represent
the Nitany men in obtaining the
improved living conditions. The
Administration is now studying
the report of the committee and
no action has been taken, Scott
said. •
Recommendations suggested
by the committee cover im
provements in the efficiency,
appearance and comfort of the
Nitany residence halls; better
lighting is asked for the indivi
dual zooms, halls and lounges:
See Page 4
is bill proposed by Howard
Byers and John Brandt.
The only change in the regula
tions for next semester is a re
duction from $l5 to $7.50 in the
fee charged for parking permits
for motor scooters, Diem said.
Diem said last night, that if
there were any other changes
they could still be made. "But
this is not saying there will be
changes," he added.
I Of course, suggestions that
anyone makes would be con
sidered, he stressed.
The proposed SGA bill con
tams three recommendations.
•That sophomores he pr o
hibited from driving in Centre
County.
•That a registration fee be col
lected from each student who
registers a car.
•That Pollock Rd. from Short
lidge to Burrowes Rds. be closed
to all traffic between class periods
and from 11:50 a.m. to 12 noon
and from 1:05 to 1:15 p.m.
Majority Party Floor Leader
Walt Darran. C -Jr ) termed the
ban asked on sophomore driving
"absolutely ridiculous."
He said there was no need to
further curb student driving at -
present. It might be necessary
in the future, but when it
comes to that point that will be
the time to impose restrictions,
he said.
Minority Party Floor Leader
Mary Ann Ganter (U.-Sr.) said
she was "definitely opposed" to
that part of the bill, also.
Byers had said Monday the
sophomore driving ban was need
ed because of the increasing Uni
versity enrollment. More and
more sophomores will be driv
ing, he said, raising the possibility
of accidents. We've been fortun
ate, so far, he said, but accidents
are bound to happen and pro
hibiting sophomore di iving would
lessen the number.
Miss Ganter said she felt
Byers' logic was completely
wrong. "Why should we try to
lower an accident rate we don't
have?" she asked.
Duran said he favored she clos
ing of Pollock Rd as recommend
ed in the bill.
Miss Ganter, however, was op
posed to this recommendation on
the grounds that it would be too
specific for students to obey.
Consider
Suggestions
ate the numerous complaints
insulation is needed for pipes
and radiators; a paint job on
the inside and outside of the
buildings is requested; and
soundproofing is needed for the
telephones and in the lobbies.
The committee report also rec
ommends that a system be estab
lished where onry one student is
assigned to each room since there
is only 35 square feet of "moving
space" after the furniture is
placed in each room.
Improvements are also request
,ed in the drainage system to pre
vent the residence halls from be
ing flooded and that new land
scaping be completed to cover up
bare spots that become mudholes
in rainy weather.
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